Do you consider either the PegososPPCs or AmigaOne to be true Amigas?

[Lando]

Samuar wrote:
Serious question. Theres a bit of rivalry and competition between PegososPPCs and the AmigaOne. But, do people consider one or the other, or neither; to be true Amigas?

AmigaOne: No
It's a generic board, buggy, horrendously expensive and currently only runs linux.  The only connection it has in with the Amiga computer is the sticker that Eyetech put on it.  

Pegasos:  Yes.
It is custom designed (like the real Amiga) by Amiga hardware experts (like the real Amiga),  runs existing Amiga applications (both PPC and 68k) (like the real Amiga) .

Most people realise the Teron/AmigaOne is dead and it's only the real "name" fanatics who would still consider purchasing one, especially with all the problems people have been experiencing, and  the far-superior (and far cheaper) Pegasos II due out very soon.

Do you think whether it has AmigaOS 4 running on it would affect your opinion on the above question?

Maybe.  Since AmigaOS4 doesn't run on either of them right now we'll have to wait and see.  OS4 could be a buggy piece of crap.

Thanks for your replies in advance,

You are welcome.

[Lando]

DaveP wrote:
@Lando

Can you tone down your flamebait a bit. Some of us are trying to have a civilised discussion in here.

He asked for people's opinions.  You gave yours, I gave mine.  Any time someone has an opinion that differs from yours you categorise it as flamebait.  Still, at least you stopped short of the personal insults on this occasion.

Problems with instability (which has forced many XE owners  to underclock their boards in an attempt to reduce the lockups) on the Teron boards are well-known (even documented in this month's C.A.M.)

[Lando]

Darth_X wrote:
There is no new system on the market today that compares to the original Amiga system developed in the 1980s.

It could be possible..

I want a complete system where the hardware and the operating system work together. The hardware should be powerful, but energy efficient, and not require a giant tower case with lots of fans and NOISE!!!


The operating system should be responsive, and not freeze up when accessing the hard drive. The audio should play properly with no clicking. You should be able to play video in a window and move that window around while the video continues to play.

The applications should be small/compact, possibly with an IPC(?) system like AREXX, and maybe a component object model system.


When a new system like this comes on the market.. I will buy it :-D

My advice?  Get yourself a Mac and be happy.
 :-D